Seeds of Hope Administrator Christi Williams carries a box of goods donated by local Rotary clubs for use by a village school in Africa. The cargo container was loaded onto a truck in Nipomo on Monday to travel to a freighter in Los Angeles Harbor. Dan Balfe, of the Cambria Rotary, helps. //Frank Cowan/Contributor

A steel cargo container left Nipomo this week to start a three-month journey to a village in one of the poorest areas of Zambia,...
Rangers reliever Shawn Tolleson called his time in Zambia a life-changing experience

Rangers pitcher Shawn Tolleson has been on relief missions before, through his school and church, but none were like his nine-day visit to the southern African...

AN evening to die for is set to take place at Pershore High School this month. The murder mystery evening is being held at the...
Retired teachers Corina and Peter Bolo spoke with Alberton Elementary School students last year about their Habitat for Humanity work in Zambia and their mission to help raise funds to build two classrooms in an impoverished village there

Peter and Corina Bolo were struck by the sheer poverty they witnessed while in Kamanga, Zambia for a Habitat for Humanity build a year...
Chilubi Island / Lake Bangweulu, Zambia

http://vimeo.com/50283579 Chilubi Island is a beautiful place... Lost on the Bangweulu lake (which means Dragon in Chibemba), in the North-East of Zambia, you can reach...
Alexander, 6, and Gabriella, 5, become African animals for the evening at Voluntown Elementary School's Chikambuso Night. Photos by Janice Steinhagen.

The sights and sounds of Africa enlivened a drab January evening at Voluntown Elementary School Jan. 15, as the school hosted Chikumbuso Night. Part...
A coffin is lowered into the grave during a funeral in a Zambian village. At the end of the ceremony, the family members shovel soil back on top

I’ve attended more funerals in my Peace Corps service than I did in the entire time I lived in the United States. In fact, in...

Wife of Vice President, Charlotte Scott, says the Ministers’ Spouses Club will do everything possible to support the SOS Children’s village in Chipata, Eastern...
The eldest Sharp siblings, Justin, 14, and Katherine, 12, are preparing to spend seven weeks abroad for a medical mission in Zambia, Africa.

This summer, a Mountain Ranch brother-sister duo will have an eye-opening experience when they join a team of 20 teenagers on a seven-week medical...